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Sakai bugyō(日光奉行,Sakai bugyō
?) were officials of the Tokugawa
shogunate in Edo
period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were
usually fudaidaimyō.[1]
Conventional interpretations have construed these Japanese titles
as "commissioner" or "overseer" or "governor."

Sakai is located on the edge of Osaka Bay and at the mouth of the Yamato
River, which connected the Yamato Province (now Nara
Prefecture) to the sea. Sakai had been a significant trade
center in the Muromachi period, and this trading
nexus continued to be important during the Edo Period; however,
during this time-frame, Sakai's merchants focused on in inland
trade because of the Sakoku policy which prohibited all contact
with foreigners except through the island of Dejima in Nagasaki
harbor.

This bakufu title identifies an official
responsible for administration of the city of Sakai.[1]